Asthma

Early menarche, irregular menstruation, menopause onset, and HRT – especially estrogen-only HRT: all appear to be linked with an increased risk of asthma.

Fractional exhaled nitric oxide concentration is a helpful tool that aids in asthma diagnosis. But it's not the only piece of the diagnostic puzzle.

Here: a quick look at newly approved agents for primary care that will soon be coming your way.

 The lung microbiome may have a profound effect on many respiratory conditions and it plays a significant role in asthma severity and response to treatment.

This study sheds light on the interactive effects of atopic dermatitis and early allergic sensitization, and may help you predict which children may develop asthma and food allergies.

Children with comorbid asthma and obesity showed a 26% higher 30-day hospital readmission rate vs normal weight peers with asthma. 

Even asthma patients without extra body weight may see as much as a 50% reduction in asthma symptom scores. It's really that simple. 

How does asthma affect cardiac morphology? Take this quick 5-question quiz to see what you know about the impact of asthma on other chronic disease.

A new study’s lead author notes, however, that lack of significant effect may have been secondary to important study limitations.

Lower respiratory infections in children seem to predispose to poor adult lung function, but causation and directionality have yet to be determined.

Study authors propose a new asthma patient “phenotype” in which a previous severe event is the sole predictor of another one.

Results of a recent study into the role of lipids in atopic asthma could help identify new targets for therapy.

Results from studies on the asthma-diabetes connection are inconsistent. A novel analysis may help clarify directionality.

The link between early asthma and left ventricular hypertrophy was independent of a range of major cardiovascular risk factors.

Nicotine amounts aren't constant among cigar brands Even smokers of the same brand may be exposed to varying doses of nicotine and other smoke constituents.

May is Asthma Awareness Month and so a look at new studies highlighting key aspects of management is in order.

Prescribing has gone from underuse to substantial overprescribing. The challenge is to get it just right.

Click through this slide summary for a look at some of the more significant approvals so far for primary care.

Risk may be reduced by about one-third in the children of pregnant women who take these supplements.

Asthma medications reduced obesity risk. Which type of medication surprised the researchers.

The test should not be used alone to screen for asthma in asymptomatic young persons outside of the clinic.

The combination results in worse asthma control and a variety of health and quality of life issues.

Severe asthma symptoms but low allergy and inflammation levels may mean poor response to guideline-based therapy.

Study: Among adolescents age 13-19 years, those with asthma were twice as likely to smoke as their healthy counterparts. Solutions?

Adding oral vitamin D supplements to standard asthma medications can get it done.

Obstructive sleep apnea, common in patients who have asthma, may contribute to severe exacerbations.

Antibiotic Rx rates and respiratory tract infections are not affected by probiotic treatment as part of routine winter infection advice.

There is no clinically important benefit of adding azithromycin treatment to standard medical care, a study shows.

The findings of these 2 new studies are in contrast to those of previous trials, which had conflicting results.

The rate of events was higher in patients with late‐onset asthma-but not in those with early‐onset asthma-than in nonasthmatics.